El Aposento Alto

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En un aposento alto

Translator: H. W. Cragin
Tune: [They were in an upper chamber]
Published in 16 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	LIFT HIGH THE CROSS

Instrumental
	BRASS ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR HYMNSINGING

Handbells
	ABBOT'S LEIGH

Representative Text

1 En un aposento alto,
con unánime fervor,
ciento veinte esperaban
la promesa del Señor.
Con estruendo de los cielos
descendió sublime voz;
todos fueron inspirados
del Espíritu de Dios.

2 Este gran poder antiguo
es de fiel celeste don;
prometido a los creyentes
de humilde corazón.
Dios está restituyendo
este gran Pentecostés,
y el Espíritu sus dones
nos reparte otra vez.

Source: El Himnario Presbiteriano #177

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Translator: H. W. Cragin

Howard Whittemore Cragin, Pentecostal missionary in Peru. Dianne Shapiro Brother of J. Paul Cragin (Melodias Evangélicas: Nuevo Cantos y Coros de Despertamiento Cristiano, #181). Go to person page >

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First Line:	En un aposento alto
Title:	El Aposento Alto
English Title:	They were in an upper chamber
Translator:	H. W. Cragin
Meter:	8.7.8.7 with refrain
Language:	Spanish
Refrain First Line:	Dios manda tu gran poder
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

[They were in an upper chamber]

PENTECOSTÉS

ABBOT'S LEIGH

Cyril V. Taylor (PHH 286) composed ABBOT'S LEIGH in May of 1941 when he was working for the Religious Broadcasting Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC had received complaints about the use of AUSTRIA (tune for the Austrian national hymn) during this time of war, a tune…

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